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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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Koella, is there a chance that you can post a photo of the crack. There are millions of different cracks. There are 2 general procedures. Small fresh cracks: you simply work some very thin glue (hot hide glue or cyano (superglue) into the crack. If you do so, chose very thin cyanoacilicrate glue (superglue) Just a few drops at a time. I know your guitar is with nitro cellulose, so that´s whqat I find to be the best. Accept that there will be some glue left over. Then next time you visit me , I´ll clean up the glue with a fine scraper and some micro mesh. Bigger cracks. You have to glue something on the inside of the back. And last. Do you have any idea why your guitar keeps cracking. Are you being a bad boy with it
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Date Jan. 28 2006 16:02:03
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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Henrik, That crack (number 1) does does not look to well. It´s very rare that they crack all the way to the soundhole. When you get your guitar, we´ll talk a bit about how how to avoid these things. The problem is that where you live, humidity might change very fast. from 80% to close to nothing within one day. Guitars stay in their cases, and get yourself a hygrometer. It´s not expensive and it´ll tell you when to worry. If you use a lot of central heating when it´s very cold and dry, you might need a humidifier. (It´s good for yourself as well, avoids cracks in the body ). The good thing is that I have a guitar in Chicago, where it is extremely dry in winter, and it´s holding up very well so far. Another thing is that my workshop is controlled. I have aircon, humidifier, dehumidifier, 2 hygrometers etc, so the guitar should be prepared, but no instrument made of thin wood survives the harsh changes of your climate if you dont take care. Don´t worry now, we´ll figure it out.
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Date Jan. 28 2006 19:18:32
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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Koella, So how did you fix the crack? Henrik, since you have a couple of guitars, maybe you should consider a room humidifier. You can tell your girlfriend that it´ll make your and her skin softer and with less wrinkles as well. But most importand, get a hygrometer (some 150 Sv Kroner) The most important thing is that YOU know when it´s time to be carefull.
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Date Jan. 29 2006 7:22:19
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to duende)
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ORIGINAL: duende thanx Anders. I have a humifire (spellcheck) all the time. i wet it once a week. now in winter when it´s dry. Here, in the desert southwest of the U.S. the average humidity, summer or winter, runs between 11-18%, so it is absolutely essential to keep my instruments humidified. In the winter, when we do have to run the furnace, I place a sound hole type humidifier in my instruments and keep them in a room with a small room humidifier. In the summer we use evaporative coolers for cooling which adds a lot of moisture to the house. I still keep sound hole type humidifier in my instruments. Here, these have to be filled twice weekly, at least. Also, I live on a golf course and that tends to raise the humidity in the vicinity of my house in the summer which helps a lot. Normally I do not case my instruments as I play often through-out the day. But when I do case them I place a sound hole type humidifier in the sound hole and a vented soap dish with a dampened sponge in it under the head stock, which serves to humidify the neck and fretboard. I also have an inexpensive hydrometer to measure the humidity levels. The other thing to watch out for in low humidity environments is the "dishing" effect of the top. That is the top will start to get a concave shape to it. Normally, re-humidification for say two weeks or so can correct this. The luthiers here, mostly just guitar shop owners, though a few of them are skilled repairmen, do a thriving business on crack repair and re-humidification.
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Date Jan. 29 2006 10:48:49
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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air conditioning with a compressor dryes the air quite a lot, so if thta´s what you use, it should make it easyer to maintain a healthy atmosphere (35 - 75 rh) But agin, a hygrometer will give you all the answers and will tell you when to worry. It costs so little compared to the cost of a guitar
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Date Jan. 30 2006 14:40:06
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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That sounds good Henrik. And yes, 40% is ok, but maybe you should start with a bit more, some 45 - 50%. Just for a week or so in order to make the guitars suck up some humidity.
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Date Jan. 30 2006 19:35:37
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RE: crack! Can I repair it myself ? (in reply to koella)
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Henrik, that's a MONSTER crack! And you make it sound like something trivial?! Ryan, I do keep my guitars in an air-conditioned room. I've a small hygrometer which tells me that the air-con keeps the guitar at abut 55 - 60% humidity. A great improvement from my normal humidity here which can hit 80%. I'm sure you experienced the heavy downpour recently. It made the humidity hit 90+%!! Even the air-con couldn't save it, it was 65% at the lowest point. I'm glad it's over and that it doesn't happen too often. When the air-con is turned off, i use a sock-full of silica gel each in my soundhole and near the headstock. Keeps humidity at a max of 60%. A wonderful improvement. Get yourself a cheap digital hygrometer and keep it in your case, it costs only around SGD$30. Cheston PS. Ryan, out of curiosity, what guitars do you use? Electrics, classicals, acoustics, flamencos? I'm trying to find out what viable options there are for guitars in S'pore.
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Date Jan. 30 2006 23:55:44
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